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Risky or Not is a short podcast from Professor Ben Chapman from North Carolina State University, and Dr. Don Schaffner from Rutgers University. Dr. Don and Professor Chapman promise to do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.

Risky or Not‪?‬ Don Schaffner and Ben Chapman

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Risky or Not is a short podcast from Professor Ben Chapman from North Carolina State University, and Dr. Don Schaffner from Rutgers University. Dr. Don and Professor Chapman promise to do their best not to waffle, dither, dissemble or equivocate, and to give straight up answers about whether something is risky or not.

    Eating at a New York City Restaurant With a "C" Rating

    Eating at a New York City Restaurant With a "C" Rating

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating at a New York City restaurant with a “C” rating.
    Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
    Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
    Gallaghers Steakhouse has been a staple of New York’s Theater District since 1927. Some believe, to this day, it rivals other famous New… | Instagram Restaurant Grading System - Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center ABCEats-Restaurants John Roderick (@johnroderick) • Instagram photos and videos

    • 14 min
    Picking Up Dog Poop Using a Composable Bag

    Picking Up Dog Poop Using a Composable Bag

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks from picking up dog poop using a composable bag.
    Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
    Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
    Amazon.com : Earth Rated Dog Poop Bags, Guaranteed Leak Proof and Extra Thick Waste Bag Refill Rolls For Dogs, Unscented, 120 Count : Pet Waste Bags : Pet Supplies Amazon.com: Doggy Do Good Poop Bags | Dog Waste Bags | Unscented, 38% Vegetable-Based, Thick & Leak Proof, Easy Open | Standard Size | 60 Count : Pet Supplies Amazon.com: BioBag (USA), The Original Compostable Bag, 3 Gallon, 100 Total Count, 100% Certified Food Scrap Bags, Kitchen Compost Bin Compatible : Health & Household

    • 13 min
    Washing Produce in the Dishwasher

    Washing Produce in the Dishwasher

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of washing produce in the dishwasher.
    Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼 
    Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
    Pamela N. Martinez Person Detail Home | New Mexico State University | BE BOLD. Shape the Future. Instagram video by Lara • Jun 3, 2024 at 12:35 PM dishwasher - Risky or Not? Do Dishwashers Use Hot Water or Heat Their Own? | Maytag Dishwashers as an Extreme Environment of Potentially Pathogenic Yeast Species - PMC 90. Dishwasher Seals — Risky or Not? Original MayTag Repairman TV Commercial - YouTube 1989 Maytag Repairman Christmas Commercial - YouTube Gordon Jump - Wikipedia

    • 17 min
    Drinking a Cocktail Using Ice From a Core Sample From Your Birth Year

    Drinking a Cocktail Using Ice From a Core Sample From Your Birth Year

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of drinking a cocktail using ice from a core sample from your birth year.
    Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
    Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
    xkcd: Ice Core bioRxiv.org - the preprint server for Biology Camellia sinensis - Wikipedia Diversity and association of psychrophilic bacteria in Antarctic sea ice | Applied and Environmental Microbiology Professor Thomas McMeekin AO | Australian of the Year About Ice Cores | NSF Ice Core Facility Human and Environmental Impacts of Volcanic Ash

    • 15 min
    Eating Rare Bear Meat

    Eating Rare Bear Meat

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating bear meat.
    Dr. Don - risky ☣️
    Professor Ben - risky ☣️
    Family stricken with rare brain worms after eating undercooked bear | Ars Technica Outbreak of Human Trichinellosis — Arizona, Minnesota, and South Dakota, 2022 | MMWR Trichiniasis: Report of an Outbreak Caused by Eating Trichinous Bear Meat in the Form of Jerky | JAMA Network A common-source outbreak to trichinosis from consumption of bear meat - ProQuest Outbreak of Trichinellosis Associated with Eating Cougar Jerky | The Journal of Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic Trichinella Nativa Outbreak With Rare Thrombotic Complications Associated With Meat From a Black Bear Hunted in Northern Ontario | Clinical Infectious Diseases | Oxford Academic Trichinella spiralis: Effect of high temperature on infectivity in pork - ScienceDirect Trichinae - Pork Information Gateway RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain - The New York Times

    • 13 min
    Eating Expired Baby Carrots

    Eating Expired Baby Carrots

    Dr. Don and Professor Ben talk about the risks of eating baby carrots passed their expiration date.
    Dr. Don - not risky 👍🏼
    Professor Ben - not risky 👍🏼
    1: Non-Canonical First Episode — Risky or Not? Inhibitory effects of raw carrots on Listeria monocytogenes | Applied and Environmental Microbiology Inhibition of foodborne pathogens by native microflora recovered from fresh peeled baby carrot and propagated in cultures - PubMed ComBase Models Are Valid for Predicting Fate of Listeria monocytogenes on 10 Whole Intact Raw Fruits and Vegetables - ScienceDirect How to Store Carrots and Make Them Last | Glad® Grimmway Farms Voluntarily Recalls Certain Retail-Packaged Carrots Due to Potential Salmonella Contamination | FDA

    • 9 min

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